Edinburgh visitors not deterred by tourist tax
Most tourists who come to the city in both peak and off-peak times of the year said the introduction of a tax of up to £4 pe…
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Opportunities to take part in music ‘essential’ in care homes, says report
An evaluation finds that interactive three-month musical programmes had “particularly strong effects upon people’s com…
FE college arts courses give students ‘false hope’, says Ofsted
Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has said there is a mismatch between the number of students taking arts courses and the cha…
Dance company Candoco to perform on Strictly Come Dancing
Former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips will choreograph a piece for contemporary dance NPO Candoco Dance Company, which will featur…
Macron-commissioned report urges France to return colonial art
The study, due to be presented to French President Macron this week, argues that collections taken “without consent” f…
Scores of writers and actors publicly support Anthony Ekundayo Lennon
A letter in the Guardian responds to controversy around Lennon’s accessing of arts funding reserved for BME leaders, given t…
Artist arrested in London climate change protests
Gavin Turk, a member of the ‘Young British Artists’ generation that came to prominence in the 1990s, was one of 82 peo…
Musicians have above-average focus and problem-solving skills
New research with university undergraduates finds more evidence of the positive impacts of even limited musical training on cognit…
Job cuts planned at RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Executive Director Catherine Mallyon said that two senior staff members have already taken vol…
Review highlights evidence of class bias in arts funding
The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between current fu…
National Theatre Wales dispute continues as Arts Council intervenes
Arts Council of Wales Chief Executive Nick Capaldi said the theatre must respond to ongoing debates about the prevalence of Welsh…
‘Tech champions’ to support digital capacities of arts across England
Arts Council England will employ nine people to each look after a region of England and provide advice and tailored digital suppor…
Lottery arts funding up £30m
After a difficult few years, sales are gradually recovering, with returns to the arts up 23% on the first half of last year.
New network to support governance best practice
Arts Council England says that if necessary, it will step in and insist on a change of leadership at its funded clients.
Jobs demanding ‘creativity’ most likely to grow in next decade, research finds
The first piece of research from the AHRC-backed Policy and Evidence Centre says that creative attributes are a better predictor o…
Measure breadth of curriculum to protect arts education, MPs urged
An acclaimed headteacher said that ringfenced funding for arts subjects will amount to ‘throwing money down the hole’…
Colston Hall consults public on name change
As part of a series of events and community consultation days, the venue – which closed this summer for a £49m revamp…
Fall in Scottish school pupils receiving music tuition
1,200 fewer pupils were taught to play a musical instrument in Scottish schools in 2017/18 compared to the year before, according…
Sheffield arts centre goes bust
Roco, the £1.2m arts complex which opened in 2015 and offered 40 artist studios and a gallery, has stopped trading after run…
Artist group invites public to deface Boris Johnson portrait
Contemporary painting group Lot 5 Collective is inviting anyone who attends its new exhibition to deface the painting, which had b…
Plans for major Preston museum refurbishment
Architects have drawn up plans to support a bid for a £4.7m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards a revamp of the 125…
Campaigners call for more live captioning
Venues across the UK will be using live captioning for performances this week as part of a national campaign, but charity Stagetex…
Plans for £27m Oldham theatre under threat as council pulls funding
The news that Oldham Council has decided to drop its support for a new Oldham Coliseum Theatre comes as the theatre’s long-s…
National museums’ fundraising income drops as major campaigns end
Tate, the British Museum and Imperial War Museums have all recently completed drives to gain support for large-scale capital work,…
